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(cheers and applause) >> reporter: with national polls showing the race tied up, romney also is drawing crowds in the tens of thousands. in wisconsin running mate paul ryan campaigned with green bay packers fans as he in his home state another battleground. romney also follows ryan in a last minute push through pennsylvania, the state leans democratic but polls show the race has tightened and the romney campaign decided to give it a shot. now more than 20,000 people waited hours in this cold to hear romney speak. and if he could win pennsylvania it would give him a lot more flexibility. but this state is tough for republicans. the last republican presidential candidate to win here was george wh bush in 1988. january crawford, cbs news, yardly, pennsylvania. >> jeff: it takes 270 electoral votes to capture the white house. and our political director john dickerson has been mapping out possible ways to win for both campaigns. john, good evening. what does it look like tonight? >> reporter: well, good evening, jeff. of that magical 270, if you look at the states that are very likely or pre
(cheers and applause) >> reporter: with national polls showing the race tied up, romney also is drawing crowds in the tens of thousands. in wisconsin running mate paul ryan campaigned with green bay packers fans as he in his home state another battleground. romney also follows ryan in a last minute push through pennsylvania, the state leans democratic but polls show the race has tightened and the romney campaign decided to give it a shot. now more than 20,000 people waited hours in this...
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mitt romney rings in the new year with a lead in the last poll before tuesday's crucial iowa caucuses. jan coughed, dean reynolds are on the trail. los angeles remains on edge as fires burn for another night. tony guida tells us the f.b.i. reports a record number of background checks for people seeking to buy firearms. and lee cowan says movie theaters may not have done well this year. home theaters a different story. >> this captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> good evening. i'm jeff glor. just two days now until the first votes are cast in campaign 2012. there is still plenty of room to move. a new poll says 41% of caucusgoers in iowa have not made up their minds. the "des moines register" puts mitt romney at 24%, ron paul 22% and rick santorum continuing his late surge is third at 15%. our chief political correspondent jan crawford is in coin -- council bluffs, iowa, with the romney campaign. jan? >> good evening, jeff. half of iowa republicans in this poll said they consider mitt romney the most electable, and listen to this, 78% of them say they would be
mitt romney rings in the new year with a lead in the last poll before tuesday's crucial iowa caucuses. jan coughed, dean reynolds are on the trail. los angeles remains on edge as fires burn for another night. tony guida tells us the f.b.i. reports a record number of background checks for people seeking to buy firearms. and lee cowan says movie theaters may not have done well this year. home theaters a different story. >> this captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening...
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in the most recent cbs news/"new york times" poll here in ohio, romney's unfavorability rating of 43% exceeded his favorability rating of 40%. the president acknowledged today he is being outraised by mr. romney and republican outside groups, but he tried to turn it into a virtue. >> i mean they can folks writing $10 million checks. $20 million checks. they should be contributing that to a scholarship fund to send kids to college. >> reporter: here's the peril for both sides. come november voters may be sick of all that advertising, which is another reason, norah, that the obama campaign argues it was wise to spend big this summer before viewers started to tune in all out. >> thank you, nancy. and the republicans may have an intruder at next week's convention in tampa. tropical storm isaac is churning in the atlantic tonight. forecaster predict it will grow into a hurricane by the end of the week. and it may hit florida while the convention organizers say they do have some contingency plans in case isaac hits the tampa area. in california today, the governor called in the national gua
in the most recent cbs news/"new york times" poll here in ohio, romney's unfavorability rating of 43% exceeded his favorability rating of 40%. the president acknowledged today he is being outraised by mr. romney and republican outside groups, but he tried to turn it into a virtue. >> i mean they can folks writing $10 million checks. $20 million checks. they should be contributing that to a scholarship fund to send kids to college. >> reporter: here's the peril for both...
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>> earlier this month polls had romney with a slight lead. he expanded it in the past week with an aggressive campaign. >> how are you this morning? >> reporter: he and the outside groups supporting him poured more than $3 million into television ads, most of them targeting rick santorum. >> santorum co-sponsored 51 bills to increase spending. >> reporter: they outspent santorum and his supporters 18-1. romney campaigned across the state, shaking hands in rockford and today in chicago talking in an online chat about the rigors of campaign life. >> i had to wash my shirt out in the sink and then i thought how am i going to get this thing dried fast enough? >> reporter: he even went straight at president obama in his backyard-- the university of chicago. >> for the last three years the president has expanded government instead of empowering the american people. >> reporter: now, romney was on his game here in illinois, he sounded confident on the campaign trail, he hit the president and santorum as he went all out, scott, to win a big share of
>> earlier this month polls had romney with a slight lead. he expanded it in the past week with an aggressive campaign. >> how are you this morning? >> reporter: he and the outside groups supporting him poured more than $3 million into television ads, most of them targeting rick santorum. >> santorum co-sponsored 51 bills to increase spending. >> reporter: they outspent santorum and his supporters 18-1. romney campaigned across the state, shaking hands in rockford...
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meanwhile exit polls found a divide among race and generations. the president's share of white voters shrunk from 2008. meanwhile mitt romney won the vote of senior citizens, a jrt of those over 65 voted for the former massachusetts governor. so what were the demographic groups that towered the president's victory in anthony mason has the answer. >> it was interesting to see all the young people cheering outside the white house because young voters helped the president this time and it's three key groups that helped him four years ago, as well. he took 55% of women. that's about the same margin the president had four years ago. he won hispanics 69%. that's a better margin than he had four years ago. and as nora has pointed out, s hissics are making up a bigger part of the electorate. his margin with younger voters did shrink somewhat, but he still won them 60%-36%. bob mentioned voters who left the polls told us in general they approve of the president's job, a majority 54% told us that. the other thing that's very interesting here is we know the
meanwhile exit polls found a divide among race and generations. the president's share of white voters shrunk from 2008. meanwhile mitt romney won the vote of senior citizens, a jrt of those over 65 voted for the former massachusetts governor. so what were the demographic groups that towered the president's victory in anthony mason has the answer. >> it was interesting to see all the young people cheering outside the white house because young voters helped the president this time and it's...
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here's the surprise in our poll here in virginia-- the president gi actually beating mitt romney now in virginia on romney's core issue, the economy. >> i absolutely think the economy is improving. op reporter: 20 miles outsmism e numbers. in our poll when likely voters erre asked who would do a better job on the economy, mitt romney led by two points in august, but that's now flipped to a two- point lead for mr. obama, 49 to 47. repu don't support the republican philosophy that tax cuts will improve the economy. so i-- i do believe that government spending can be reduced, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be spent on infrastructure, education, and orteth care. >> reporter:nt also holds a sizable 12-point lead among women voters in virginia with almost every obama campaign ad focused on women. >> moms like kristy would be mretched even more under mitt romney. >> my goodness, what a northern virginia welcome! thank you! >> reporter: but there is another side to the gender gap. the romney-ryan ticket leads with men in virginia by six points and their campaign is press, the message the
here's the surprise in our poll here in virginia-- the president gi actually beating mitt romney now in virginia on romney's core issue, the economy. >> i absolutely think the economy is improving. op reporter: 20 miles outsmism e numbers. in our poll when likely voters erre asked who would do a better job on the economy, mitt romney led by two points in august, but that's now flipped to a two- point lead for mr. obama, 49 to 47. repu don't support the republican philosophy that tax cuts...
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the lastest poll shows paul, romney and huntsman have the most appeal but with 25% still undecided there is room for change. here's chip reid. >> reporter: we took a great-- we took a great state and we took it to number one in job creation in this country. >> former utah governor jon huntsman's economic plan gets rave reviews from republican marco, a junior at st.-- college in manchester. >> jon huntsman has a bigger plan to reign in the big banks and get the banks lending again. >> looking hard at former governor mitt romney but finds him inconsistent and backtracking from his own health reform law in massachusetts. >> he is a flip-flopper. he says one thing 1 week and another week he changes. he changes his position. >> reporter: but greg perkins a 27 year old independent who was recently laidoff from wal-mart believes romney's business background will help him create jobs. >> i got to look for a work and it's hard now. >> reporter: four years ago perkins supported barack obama like 61% of new hampshire voters under 30. >> i was on the obama bandwagon, you know, when that rolled aroun
the lastest poll shows paul, romney and huntsman have the most appeal but with 25% still undecided there is room for change. here's chip reid. >> reporter: we took a great-- we took a great state and we took it to number one in job creation in this country. >> former utah governor jon huntsman's economic plan gets rave reviews from republican marco, a junior at st.-- college in manchester. >> jon huntsman has a bigger plan to reign in the big banks and get the banks lending...
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but the polls here in michigan at least suggest he will have a difficult time doing it. romney chartered a jet from michigan to florida for the daytona 500 where a trackside man of the people photo opportunity awaited the candidate with four cars of his own. his enthusiasm was not diminished by rain that postpone odd the race or the stock car emblazoned with the name of his rival. after all, romney had earlier won the backing of governor jan brewer of arizona where romney appears headed for a clear-cut victory in two days. >> that he has that probusiness background and he has that political history that i think that he would serve america the best of all the candidates. >> reporter: but his probusiness background has also greatly enriched romney with a fortune estimated at $250 million. critics say he lacks a common touch because of that wealth. a complaint he addressed during an interview. >> i can't be perfect. i am just am who i am. if people think there's something wrong with being successful in america, than they better vote for the other guy. >> reporter: that othe
but the polls here in michigan at least suggest he will have a difficult time doing it. romney chartered a jet from michigan to florida for the daytona 500 where a trackside man of the people photo opportunity awaited the candidate with four cars of his own. his enthusiasm was not diminished by rain that postpone odd the race or the stock car emblazoned with the name of his rival. after all, romney had earlier won the backing of governor jan brewer of arizona where romney appears headed for a...
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nationally, the latest gallup poll shows mitt romney leading president obama 49% to 47%. that spread is within the margin of error, so it's essentially a tie. in ohio, new polling today shows this: pollster a.r.g. has romney up by one point, 48% to 47%. but a cnn poll has the president up by four, 51% to 47%. either way, it's an improvement for romney who was falling well behind in ohio until last week's debate. both candidates were in ohio today where this is the last day to register to vote. our campaign 2012 correspondents are there, too, and we'll go to nancy cordes with the obama campaign. >> reporter: scott, ohio is the grand prize for the obama campaign. they have 120 field offices here, the president has held 17 rallies in this state, more than any other state, but in the debate last week he failed to mention some major issues that are very important to ohio voters, like that auto bailout or shipping jobs overseas. that's a mistake he did not make today here in columbus. >> when you think about ohio, when governor romney said that we should let the auto industry g
nationally, the latest gallup poll shows mitt romney leading president obama 49% to 47%. that spread is within the margin of error, so it's essentially a tie. in ohio, new polling today shows this: pollster a.r.g. has romney up by one point, 48% to 47%. but a cnn poll has the president up by four, 51% to 47%. either way, it's an improvement for romney who was falling well behind in ohio until last week's debate. both candidates were in ohio today where this is the last day to register to vote....
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>> well, if romney wins tonight-- as the polls suggest he might-- it will be his third victory in the midwest. he'll increase his lead with delegates. he's already more than 200 delegates ahead of rick santorum. the calendar coming up looks good for romney in the next ten contests. in washington, d.c., maryland, connecticut, delaware, new york, rhode island. those are all states he's likely to do very well in. three of those states are winner-take-all states which means he wins ever delegate on the table. santorum will do well in pennsylvania, maybe louisiana, but those are singles. he needs a home run. so romney looks like he's in good position. but if those other candidates don't drop out he will just have to continue to slog on. and this may go all the way till june when he gets the official number he needs to cross the finish line, scott. >> pelley: john, thanks very much. superpacs and the ads they buy are playing a big role in this campaign. you remember that super pacs are those new political action committees that can take unlimited donations from wealthy supporters. well, tod
>> well, if romney wins tonight-- as the polls suggest he might-- it will be his third victory in the midwest. he'll increase his lead with delegates. he's already more than 200 delegates ahead of rick santorum. the calendar coming up looks good for romney in the next ten contests. in washington, d.c., maryland, connecticut, delaware, new york, rhode island. those are all states he's likely to do very well in. three of those states are winner-take-all states which means he wins ever...
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a recent poll showed governor romney leading by five points in this battleground state. >> one thing that i worry about is that democrats aren't as active and engaged this time around. >> reporter: dow feel like students here are as energized about the president as they were four years ago. >> no, i don't. i think they still have that energy and believe it but he's staying-- saying alots of people have it in the bag t is already there. >> reporter: in cincinnati, ohio, yesterday, romney stuck way major theme from his convention speech saying mr. obama has letdown working americans. >> one of the promises he made was he was going to create more jobs. and today 23 million people are out of work or stopped looking for work or underemployed. let me tell you, if you have a coach that is 0-and-23 million, you say it's time to get a new coach. >> reporter: or foreign policy democrats are working to portray romney as naive and recklessly hawkish this was vice president biden today in york, pennsylvania. >> he said it was a mistake to set an end date for our warriors in afghanistan and bring
a recent poll showed governor romney leading by five points in this battleground state. >> one thing that i worry about is that democrats aren't as active and engaged this time around. >> reporter: dow feel like students here are as energized about the president as they were four years ago. >> no, i don't. i think they still have that energy and believe it but he's staying-- saying alots of people have it in the bag t is already there. >> reporter: in cincinnati, ohio,...
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>> well, it's a battleground state in which the spt is a head at the moment of mitt romney in the polls, and his approval rating is above 51% which is above where he is nationally. that means he's healthier politically in wisconsin. but it doesn't mean he has enough power to sway the recall election. so if he did insert himself the recall might have become a referendum on hims. deals him a blow in a contest over which he really doesn't have much joel. >> couric: john dickerson from washington, thank you. >> thanks. >> jeff: one day after the verdict in the trial of egyptian president hosni mubarak thousands of protestors turned out in kai ree tahrir say, contending he should also be convicted encore ruption. he was convicted in being an accessory to the killing of hundreds of protestors. syrian president bashar al-assad defended his government's crockdown on political opponents which activists say killed as many as 13,000 people across the country it-- in his first public speech since january, assad denounced as a bomb inable last month's massacre ever a 100 people in the city of houla.
>> well, it's a battleground state in which the spt is a head at the moment of mitt romney in the polls, and his approval rating is above 51% which is above where he is nationally. that means he's healthier politically in wisconsin. but it doesn't mean he has enough power to sway the recall election. so if he did insert himself the recall might have become a referendum on hims. deals him a blow in a contest over which he really doesn't have much joel. >> couric: john dickerson from...
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romney surged in the polls and o now holds a slight lead over the president. >> under pressure to turn it around mr. obama will have to defend his response to last monday's attack in benghazi. which killed four americans including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. the administration is under increasing criticism for initially refusing to call the attacks terrorism. in an exchange with o bob schieffer on face the nation senator lindsey graham a senior member of the senate arms services committee was harsh. >> i think they have been misleading us but it finally caught up with us. >> schieffer: that is a very serious charge that you have just leveled, senator graham. are you saying that the administration deliberately mislead the american people to make it look as if terrorism is not as much of a threat as apparently it is? >> either they are misleading the american people or incredibly incompetent they are very political when it comes to foreign policy. when something goes bad, they deny, they deceive and they delay. >> reporter: libya became an issue last week on the campaign trail, especi
romney surged in the polls and o now holds a slight lead over the president. >> under pressure to turn it around mr. obama will have to defend his response to last monday's attack in benghazi. which killed four americans including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. the administration is under increasing criticism for initially refusing to call the attacks terrorism. in an exchange with o bob schieffer on face the nation senator lindsey graham a senior member of the senate arms services...
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the next thing the media narrative will need a couple better polls for romney and my guess is they'll get them. they have a real opportunity to move forward. >> rose: john dickerson. >> on the poll of undecided voters right after the debate who watched, romney not only won two to one but on the question of who cares about you and regular people which is the place that the obama campaign had been savaging him before the debate, romney's numbers were about 30. after the debate they were in the 60's, which is to say in this debate romney had two tasks. one was to explain why the president has failed and be very aggressive there that and then he had another task that sort of conflicted with the first in that he needs to be appealing enough that people would like him, find something worth voting for him about not just because they didn't like barack obama. well that number in the instant poll which those are fluky and shouldn't put too much emphasis on them but gives us inkling of where the currents are going. that's good for romney. i'll echo mike the campaign needed a pause in what was a
the next thing the media narrative will need a couple better polls for romney and my guess is they'll get them. they have a real opportunity to move forward. >> rose: john dickerson. >> on the poll of undecided voters right after the debate who watched, romney not only won two to one but on the question of who cares about you and regular people which is the place that the obama campaign had been savaging him before the debate, romney's numbers were about 30. after the debate they...
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followed by mitt romney at 27%, ron paul 12%, and newt gingrich 10%. john dickerson is our cbs news political director and, john, you've been digging into the numbers and you found something fascinating. >> well, you know, rick santorum is becoming the conservative alternative to mitt romney by arguing he makes the sharpest contrast with barack obama. there's a number that point this is out. we asked voters who would have very different policies from barack obama. 60% said santorum. for mitt romney, only 36% said he would have the most different policies. the snapshot we're seeing now is that santorum... people are so take within santorum it's changing the way they're looking at the race. asked what qualities they'd look for in a candidate they picked moral character and values. those are santorum's strong points. beating barack obama used to be the number one thing people cared about. it's now the fourth thing they care about. >> pelley: john, i wonder, is this race hurting republican chances in november? >> 57% of republicans say yes. and they have a
followed by mitt romney at 27%, ron paul 12%, and newt gingrich 10%. john dickerson is our cbs news political director and, john, you've been digging into the numbers and you found something fascinating. >> well, you know, rick santorum is becoming the conservative alternative to mitt romney by arguing he makes the sharpest contrast with barack obama. there's a number that point this is out. we asked voters who would have very different policies from barack obama. 60% said santorum. for...
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we'll see if later polls bear that out. we have a team of campaign 2012 correspondents covering the debate and we're going to go first to jan crawford with the romney campaign. >> reporter: well, scott, if you look at these polls, one of the reasons it's so striking to see governor romney's increased support with women voters is that earlier in this campaign he trailed with women voters by double digits. his support with married women voters is solid, but if you look inside these polls, there is a dramatic split. the president, according to the latest politico/george washington university poll, actually lead overwhelmingly with single women, 70% to 27%. romney leads with married women, 52% to 46%. he so he has a real opportunity as he arrives here tonight to continue reaching out to those women voters. his aides tell me he will continue his focus on the economy, basically arguing that we can not afford to saddle the next generation, our children, with this crushing massive debt. they say his point basically will be the real
we'll see if later polls bear that out. we have a team of campaign 2012 correspondents covering the debate and we're going to go first to jan crawford with the romney campaign. >> reporter: well, scott, if you look at these polls, one of the reasons it's so striking to see governor romney's increased support with women voters is that earlier in this campaign he trailed with women voters by double digits. his support with married women voters is solid, but if you look inside these polls,...
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romney last night. santorum beat romney by five points in the colorado caucuses, by 30 points in the primary in missouri, and by 28 points in the minnesota caucuses where romney finished third behind ron paul. dean reynolds is with the resurgent santorum campaign in texas tonight. dean? >> reporter: scott, rick santorum came to texas today to raise money, to build support in the state's april primary, and to bask in the blow of those victories that have put him right back in this race. >> reporter: when we caught up with senator santorum he was busy in dallas busy signing paperwork to get on the ballot in utah, delaware, and montana, a sure sign of his intention to carry on. senator, did the voters yesterday say they like you or they want a longer process? >> well, i think when you see the kind of numbers that we had and the enthusiasm and support that we had, i got this sense that they were liking the message and the messenger. >> reporter: is a longer process better for the party? >> i think it's a gr
romney last night. santorum beat romney by five points in the colorado caucuses, by 30 points in the primary in missouri, and by 28 points in the minnesota caucuses where romney finished third behind ron paul. dean reynolds is with the resurgent santorum campaign in texas tonight. dean? >> reporter: scott, rick santorum came to texas today to raise money, to build support in the state's april primary, and to bask in the blow of those victories that have put him right back in this race....
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>> reporter: well, scott, romney has tried to keep his focus on president obama, but with those polls now showing him in a dead heat here with newt gingrich, ch a had to shift gears. today, he used the president speech at disneyworld to attack them both. romney first took on the d itident. >> he's going to be in fantasy land, and it's obviously earsopriate, because he's been living in a sort of fantasy land these last few years, he'll be doiing about what a great job he's doing on the economy. has he not been out here? >> reporter: then he went after the man now threatening to win south carolina. own e may bump into speaker gingrich down there in fantasy land. ( laughter ) i only say that... i only say that because the speaker was talking about all the jobs that he helped create in the reagan years. ess tw been in congress two years when reagan came to office. >> reporter: romney's shift in focus, back to attacking gingrich, shows how concerned his campaign is about how quickly the race has turned. the campaign's polling shows what public polls show, that the race is neck and neck. is
>> reporter: well, scott, romney has tried to keep his focus on president obama, but with those polls now showing him in a dead heat here with newt gingrich, ch a had to shift gears. today, he used the president speech at disneyworld to attack them both. romney first took on the d itident. >> he's going to be in fantasy land, and it's obviously earsopriate, because he's been living in a sort of fantasy land these last few years, he'll be doiing about what a great job he's doing on...
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the latest poll shows mitt romney surging. he's widened his lead over newt gingrich to nine points, 38% to 29%. and jan crawford and dean reynolds are with the candidates tonight. first to jan in panama city. jan, good evening to you. >> reporter: well, good evening, maurice. sounding confident today, an energized mitt romney took his message and his allies right into the heart of what many say should be gingrich country. that's the staunchly conservative florida panhandle. >> i will fight with all my energy to keep america the strong nation it's been and the hope of the earth and the shining city on the hill. >> reporter: in pensacola, romney was greeted by big crowds and conservative supporters like shirley mccraw. >> we need somebody that has good morals and we need somebody as a role model. >> reporter: for mccraw, that candidate is romney, not newt gingrich. >> it seems to me that every time he gets a new wife, he gets a new part of his religion. >> reporter: at a ship building yard in panama city romney hit gingrich on e
the latest poll shows mitt romney surging. he's widened his lead over newt gingrich to nine points, 38% to 29%. and jan crawford and dean reynolds are with the candidates tonight. first to jan in panama city. jan, good evening to you. >> reporter: well, good evening, maurice. sounding confident today, an energized mitt romney took his message and his allies right into the heart of what many say should be gingrich country. that's the staunchly conservative florida panhandle. >> i...
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the latest poll shows mitt romney set to romp to victory there. he leads his closest rival, newt gingrich, by 20 points, 45% to 25%. jan crawford and chip reid are in las vegas. first, we go to jan crawford who is following romney. jan, good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, nancy. that is right. romney is not only expected to win here but win big, and because he's got that kind of commanding lead, he's been able to get a head start campaigning in the other states that are next. >> i know i did well in henderson last time. i owe you a lot. thank you. >> reporter: nevada is romney country. he won here four years ago with 51% of the vote. he and his supporters are pushing hard this time with television ads targets his main rival. >> reagan rejected newt's ideas. >> reporter: campaign rallies, and a celebrity endorsement. and with polls showing voters again are solidly behind him, romney can afford to look ahead. earlier this week, he was in minnesota. >> how you doing, thank you? >> reporter: and this afternoon he ducked out of nevada for a
the latest poll shows mitt romney set to romp to victory there. he leads his closest rival, newt gingrich, by 20 points, 45% to 25%. jan crawford and chip reid are in las vegas. first, we go to jan crawford who is following romney. jan, good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, nancy. that is right. romney is not only expected to win here but win big, and because he's got that kind of commanding lead, he's been able to get a head start campaigning in the other states that are next....
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so gingrich takes georgia, romney leading in virginia and vermont in the early vote count. polls close in ohio at the bottom of the hour. stay with us for more super tuesday updates. i'm scott pelley. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it's the biggest night of the presidential primary season and as you just saw newt gingrich is on the board with a win in his home state georgia. mitt romney coming off four straight wins in the past two weeks is leading tonight in virginia and in vermont. with ten states voting, we're just getting started. we have a team of campaign 2012 correspondents covering super tuesday and we'll go first to jan crawford with the romney campaign in boston. jan? >> reporter: well, scott after spending most of the past week battling it out in that key state of ohio, romney arrived here in his home state late this afternoon and he sounded optimistic when he talked to reporters about his expectations for tonight. >> i said i'm hoping for a good win here in massachusetts and what happens els
so gingrich takes georgia, romney leading in virginia and vermont in the early vote count. polls close in ohio at the bottom of the hour. stay with us for more super tuesday updates. i'm scott pelley. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it's the biggest night of the presidential primary season and as you just saw newt gingrich is on the board with a win in his home state georgia. mitt romney coming off four...
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that's showing up some some of these polls. his events are also very well attended, and also if you look at south carolina in 2008, which mike huckabee ran, he was a big favorite of a lot of conservative elites, well, john mccain won that state. he also won 30% of evangelical voters which means evangelicals are not just voting for the candidate the elites in their order tell them to vote for. so this is a state that has a lot of votes that mitt romney can get. >> okay, political director john dickerson tonight, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> iran today claimed it has reliable documents-- this is a quote-- and evidence that the c.i.a. was behind the killing of iranian nuclear scientist. he was killed wednesday by a magnetic bomb attached to the side of his car. the united states has denied any role in the killing. a suicide bomber outside the iraqi port city of basra killed 53 people and wounded more than 100 others today. the victims were pilgrims on their way to observances at a shiite mosque. more than 140 iraqis have
that's showing up some some of these polls. his events are also very well attended, and also if you look at south carolina in 2008, which mike huckabee ran, he was a big favorite of a lot of conservative elites, well, john mccain won that state. he also won 30% of evangelical voters which means evangelicals are not just voting for the candidate the elites in their order tell them to vote for. so this is a state that has a lot of votes that mitt romney can get. >> okay, political director...
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in a poll taken the day after the iowa caucuses, romney was far ahead in south carolina, 31% to newt gingrich's 24. but in that same poll today, gingrich leads by one point, a sta test cal tie. gingrich picked up the endorsement of texas governor rick perry. perry ended his campaign today after polling in single digits. dean reynolds is following the fast changing race in north charleston. dean? >> reporter: scott, aides to the former speaker say that without question his rebound in the polls is due to a strong debate performance last mundy night, and he gets another chance here in north charleston tonight. >> good morning. >> reporter: the decision by governor perry to withdraw from the presidential race and endorse the former speaker has added to gingrich's surge just when he needed it most. giving him an opportunity that seemed beyond his reach only days ago. >> if we can win here, i will become the republican nominee because south carolina does have a huge impact. >> reporter: it was in monday's debate that gingrich brought the audience to its feet with an answer that was quickly
in a poll taken the day after the iowa caucuses, romney was far ahead in south carolina, 31% to newt gingrich's 24. but in that same poll today, gingrich leads by one point, a sta test cal tie. gingrich picked up the endorsement of texas governor rick perry. perry ended his campaign today after polling in single digits. dean reynolds is following the fast changing race in north charleston. dean? >> reporter: scott, aides to the former speaker say that without question his rebound in the...
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louis dispatch poll shows him trailing now by nine points, it is a critical senate race, mitt romney weighed again on this this morning, let's take a listen. >> oh, i think it was a terrible statement on his part. i think it was uninformed, i think it was outrageous, and offensive, i have asked him to get out of the race, i think i have distanced myself from the kind of thing he says as far as i possibly can. >> cowan: one of the things that poll really pointed out is the vulnerability here among women. i mean how much trouble is in gop in? >> reporter: democrats said he represents the view of the republican party although every single republican says no, they don't and condemned him forcefully. paul ryan and romney almost immediately, i think where it may affect romney if he is elected it could affect his ability to governor if he loses that senate seat which everyone thinks he will and democrats hold on to the senate. >> reporter: it puts even more focus on ann romney's speech, she already had one task which is to make... humanize her husband a little to those who don't know him bu
louis dispatch poll shows him trailing now by nine points, it is a critical senate race, mitt romney weighed again on this this morning, let's take a listen. >> oh, i think it was a terrible statement on his part. i think it was uninformed, i think it was outrageous, and offensive, i have asked him to get out of the race, i think i have distanced myself from the kind of thing he says as far as i possibly can. >> cowan: one of the things that poll really pointed out is the...
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of attention to the goll up there poll, romney behaved as if he believes in that by seven and won't do anything risky to alienate people and scare them, so i think that is -- that is, you know, where i think it still kind of things are leaning in his direction. >> rose: but does playing it safe win elections? >> well he won't play it safe on the economy which is the thing people care about so he plays it safe here so he is not objectionable, and, you know, his opening line, we can't kill our way out of this mess. and then just a constantly returning to a kind of a soft power. when you asked earlier about the i didn't critique he could have made of president obama, if you look looked back at the cairo speech, obama's speech to the muslim world, romney talk about in terms of the apology tour, well, if you look at what rahm emanuel said about that speech, he said it was the greatest historic speech in 20 year but it totally reset relations with the middle east and led into a period of peace, well it didn't turn out that way at all so the critique could have been, that you are sort of r
of attention to the goll up there poll, romney behaved as if he believes in that by seven and won't do anything risky to alienate people and scare them, so i think that is -- that is, you know, where i think it still kind of things are leaning in his direction. >> rose: but does playing it safe win elections? >> well he won't play it safe on the economy which is the thing people care about so he plays it safe here so he is not objectionable, and, you know, his opening line, we can't...